All Simon McBurney Quotes
- I was very bad at mathematics in school, and I always had the feeling as a kid that when I worked on problems, that I… Bad
- I have always felt more at home in a culture that has nothing to do with the one I was born and brought up in. Always Felt
- The repeated action of working and playing acts like a trowel that uncovers a hidden structure under the earth. It is an action that deepens… Action
- The brain constantly assures us, reassures us, that we are in control. But the closer you look, the more questions you have about it. Assures
- The only reality of the theater exists in the mind of the audience. Audience
- I try to push a single idea to its absolute limit. So for all of those ideas that existed in the story, you attempt to… Absolute
- My parents loved classical music. And my father adored Mozart. But for some reason, I always had a reaction against it. Adored
- Mozart makes us care about people in flashes of lightning. Care
- We feel closer to the drawings on the walls of Chauvet than the painting of, say, an Egyptian mural. These artists are not remote ancestors;… Ancestors
- I remember the fact that milk was delivered every day by a milkman. In summer, my mother would make what now seem in my middle-aged… Aged
- When my mother was dying, I cooked for her. One of the things I realised was that the smell and look of the food was… Amount
- The way the mind decodes music is an individual mystery. But the physical circumstances can change the way you listen. Change
- I constantly want to know - what is a table, or what is a cat? Cat